JuliaDiff / JuliaDiff/ChainRulesCore.jl
mutating calls
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Description
Is it possible to somehow define derivatives of in-place mutating functions? Eg axpy!(a,x,y) updates y to be y = a*x+y, and therefore it's derivative also needs to be updated.
Apologies if this is the documentation, I missed it.
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Research direction
No source files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reading the issue discussion and the ChainRulesCore documentation to determine whether derivatives for in-place mutating functions are supported; done means reaching a decided scope for the behavior or documentation needed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100